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Interestingly, Ken Jennings says about Watson what most people say about ordinary players: Watson sometimes takes some time to get acclimated to a category,
by matthiaswh 16y ago
Interestingly, Ken Jennings says about Watson what most people say about ordinary players:
Watson sometimes takes some time to get acclimated to a category, so starting at the bottom gives me a chance to rack up some money before it gets confident. In theory!
Supposedly that was Mr. Jennings' reasoning for jumping around during his streak, that the other players didn't have quite as long a time as him to consider the category.
Not sure how tongue in cheek that remark was, though.
- machrider 16y agoI guess the difference is, Watson can easily retain the learning that is built up through a category, even if he hops around the board the entire round. For humans, the context switch is a lot more costly and a category change can catch you by surprise.